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[Don Yellman <dyellman@earthlink.net>]

Yes, Waite, it means that they bloom and bear out there on the tippy-tippy 
end of the branches, often on smaller twigs.  If you routinely prune this
stuff off, you lose your blooms.  I have found that, even when the clusters 
are thinned to one fruit, they tend not to size up as well as apples on
spurs or interior branches.  For some reason, they also seem more vulnerable 
to insects and diseases out there, and if they do put on any size the
branches droop down bigtime.  I don't much like the dang things, but I've got 
several of them, and many of the "antique" apple varieties seem to come
only with this style of bearing.

Rgds, Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

waite8@aol.com wrote:

> Does the phrase "tip bearer" mean what it says, or what does it exactly 
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> Thanks, Waite Maclin
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